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Ang Paghahati ng Canaan

14 Ang mga lipi ng Israel ay nakatanggap ng lupang pamana nang masakop nila ang Canaan. Ang paring si Eleazar at si Josue na anak ni Nun, katulong ang mga pinuno ng angkan ng bawat lipi, ang naghati ng lupain ng Canaan para sa mga Israelita. Ang(A) paghahati ay isinagawa sa pamamagitan ng palabunutan, ayon sa utos ni Yahweh kay Moises. Siyam at kalahating lipi na lamang ang binigyan nila ng kani-kanilang bahagi sa lupain. Ang(B) dalawang lipi at kalahati'y nabigyan na ni Moises ng kanilang bahagi sa silangan ng Jordan. Hindi rin kabilang sa siyam na lipi at kalahati ang mga Levita. Hindi sila binigyan ng lupain. Sa halip, binigyan sila ng mga lunsod na matitirhan at mga kaparangan sa paligid para sa kanilang mga bakahan at mga kawan. Sa kabilang dako, ang mga nagmula sa lahi ni Jose ay pinagdalawang lipi: ang lipi ni Manases at ang lipi ni Efraim. Pinaghati-hatian nga ng mga Israelita ang lupaing iyon ayon sa utos ni Yahweh kay Moises.

Ibinigay kay Caleb ang Hebron

Lumapit(C) noon kay Josue sa Gilgal ang ilan sa lipi ni Juda. Isa sa kanila si Caleb na anak ni Jefune, na mula sa angkan ng Cenizeo. Sinabi nito kay Josue, “Alam mo ang sinabi ni Yahweh kay Moises na kanyang lingkod tungkol sa ating dalawa nang tayo'y nasa Kades-barnea. Apatnapung(D) taon pa lamang ako noon. Isinugo niya tayo buhat sa Kades-barnea upang lihim na manmanan ang lupaing ito, at iniulat ko sa kanya ang buong katotohanan. Kahit na ang bayan ay tinakot ng ibang kasama natin, buong katapatan pa rin akong sumunod kay Yahweh na ating Diyos. Kaya't(E) ipinangako sa akin noon ni Moises na dahil sa aking buong katapatan sa pagsunod kay Yahweh, magiging bahagi ko at ng aking mga anak ang lupang matapakan ng aking mga paa. 10 Apatnapu't limang taon na ang lumipas buhat nang sabihin ito ni Yahweh kay Moises. Noo'y naglalakbay pa sa disyerto ang bayang Israel. Iningatan ni Yahweh ang buhay ko hanggang ngayon. Walumpu't limang taon na ako ngayon 11 ngunit hindi pa nagbabago ang lakas ko mula nang ako'y isugo ni Moises upang siyasatin ang lupaing ito. Kaya ko pang makipaglaban at gawin ang kahit anong trabaho. 12 Kaya ibigay mo na sa akin ang kaburulang ipinangako sa akin ni Yahweh. Narinig mo rin na mga higante ang nakatira doon at matitibay ang pader ng naglalakihan nilang lunsod. Ngunit sa tulong ni Yahweh ay palalayasin ko sila sa lupaing iyon gaya ng ipinangako niya.”

13 Binasbasan nga ni Josue si Caleb na anak ni Jefune, at ibinigay sa kanya ang Hebron. 14 Ang lupain ng Hebron ay nananatili hanggang ngayon sa angkan ni Caleb na anak ni Jefune, na isang Cenizeo, sapagkat buong katapatan siyang sumunod kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel. 15 Noong una'y Lunsod ng Arba ang pangalan ng Hebron, bilang alaala kay Arba, ang pinakadakila sa mga Anaceo.

At nagkaroon nga ng kapayapaan sa buong lupain.

Summary of Allocations

14 This is what the Israelis inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Nun’s son Joshua, and the heads of the families of the Israelis allotted to them as an inheritance by lot, just as the Lord commanded through Moses for the nine tribes and the half-tribe, since Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe across the Jordan River. However, he did not give an inheritance to the descendants of Levi who lived among them, since the descendants of Joseph constituted two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. They did not allot a portion to the descendants of Levi in the land, since they were given[a] cities to live in, along with pastures for their livestock and property. So the Israelis did just as the Lord had commanded Moses—they divided the land.

Caleb’s Request(A)

After this, the descendants of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal. Jephunneh the Kenizzite’s son Caleb told him, “You know the promise that the Lord gave Moses the man of God concerning the two of us in Kadesh-barnea. I was 40 years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to scout the land. I brought back an honest report[b] to him. As it happened, my fellow Israelis who went up with me terrified the people, but I fully followed the Lord my God. Moses made a promise to me on that day when he said, ‘The land that you covered on foot will certainly be your inheritance. It will belong to your descendants forever, because you have fully followed the Lord my God.’

10 “Look how[c] the Lord has let me survive, as you can see, these 45 years since the time when the Lord said this through Moses, while Israel was wandering through the wilderness. And look! I’m here today—my eighty-fifth birthday! 11 I’m still as strong today as I was the day Moses commissioned me. I’m as strong today as I was then, and I can go out to battle and come back successful. 12 Now then, give me that hill country about which the Lord spoke back on that day, because you yourself heard back then that the Anakim[d] were there, with great reinforced cities. Perhaps the Lord will be with me and I will expel them, just as the Lord said.”

13 So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Jephunneh’s son Caleb for his inheritance. 14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Jephunneh the Kenizzite’s son Caleb, and it remains so today, because he fully followed the Lord God of Israel. 15 Hebron used to be known as Kiriath-arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim.[e] After all of this, the land enjoyed rest from war.

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 14:4 The Heb. lacks they were given
  2. Joshua 14:7 Lit. a report with my heart
  3. Joshua 14:10 The Heb. lacks how
  4. Joshua 14:12 2 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33; Deut 9:2
  5. Joshua 14:15 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33; Deut 9:2

Division of the Land West of the Jordan

14 Now these are the areas the Israelites received as an inheritance(A) in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar(B) the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel(C) allotted(D) to them.(E) Their inheritances were assigned by lot(F) to the nine and a half tribes,(G) as the Lord had commanded through Moses. Moses had granted the two and a half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan(H) but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest,(I) for Joseph’s descendants had become two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim.(J) The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.(K) So the Israelites divided the land, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(L)

Allotment for Caleb

Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal,(M) and Caleb son of Jephunneh(N) the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God(O) at Kadesh Barnea(P) about you and me.(Q) I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea(R) to explore the land.(S) And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,(T) but my fellow Israelites who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt in fear.(U) I, however, followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.(V) So on that day Moses swore to me, ‘The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance(W) and that of your children(X) forever, because you have followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.’[a]

10 “Now then, just as the Lord promised,(Y) he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved(Z) about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old!(AA) 11 I am still as strong(AB) today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous(AC) to go out to battle now as I was then. 12 Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day.(AD) You yourself heard then that the Anakites(AE) were there and their cities were large and fortified,(AF) but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.”

13 Then Joshua blessed(AG) Caleb son of Jephunneh(AH) and gave him Hebron(AI) as his inheritance.(AJ) 14 So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.(AK) 15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba(AL) after Arba,(AM) who was the greatest man among the Anakites.)

Then the land had rest(AN) from war.

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 14:9 Deut. 1:36